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A new emerging rural world : An overview of rural change in Africa [PDF]

, 2013
The atlas is a tool that is both accessible and indispensable for understanding rural change in Africa. This original tool relates data on demographics, urbanization and resource use with spatial and economic dynamics, both on a continental level and ...
Imbernon, Jacques (ed.), Losch, Bruno (ed.), Magrin, Géraud (ed.)   +2 more
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Exploring the Spillover Effect of Supply Chain Digitalisation on Pollution Emissions Through Social Network Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The supply chain consists of interconnected businesses and organisations responsible for the flow of goods and services. As firms increasingly adopt digital technologies, the spillover effects of supply chain digitalisation (SCD) on environmental performance remain underexplored.
Zengdong Cao, Nichola Latoya Williams, Ibrahim Labaran Ali, Ololade Periola, Yasanur Kayikci   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban growth and productivity: the case of Greece [PDF]

The present paper reports an attempt to estimate the role of urbanisation economies in Greek industry. Using a flexible form of production function obtained from a Taylor-series expansion of a polynomial it is estimated that the labour productivity of ...
Louri, Helen
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Human Wellbeing in the 21st Century: Meeting Challenges, Seizing Opportunities [PDF]

, 2012
A report from the Bellagio Initiative: In 2011, over a period of six months, a number of leading figures came together in an ambitious exploration of the major challenges to and opportunities for protecting and promoting human wellbeing in the twenty ...

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Do Corporate Strategies in Fintech and Green Finance Enhance ESG Performance? The Moderating Role of Government Policies

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the growing interest in ESG performance, limited research explores the mediating role of government policy in the relationship between Fintech, green finance and ESG outcomes. We address this gap by examining how Fintech and green finance influence ESG performance through government policies.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu, Samuel Clottey Attuquaye, Katie Hyslop, Ying Wang, Li Kaodui   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Colonial-era settlements and post-colonial legacies have increased the loss of montane forests in the central highlands of Kenya

Communications Earth & Environment
Long-term historical studies of montane tropical forest loss in eastern Africa have been relatively neglected compared to other world regions, despite ramifications for biodiversity, climate crises, and knock-on effects on the African continent. Moreover,
Peter N. Gitau, Rahab N. Kinyanjui, Patrick Roberts   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Normal background concentrations of contaminants in the soils of England : available data and data exploration [PDF]

, 2011
This draft report describes the completed Work Package 1 and 2 tasks of the Defra commissioned Science and Research Project SP1008 - Establishing data on normal/background levels of soil contamination in England.
Ander, E.L., Cave, M.R., Johnson, C.C., Palumbo-Roe, B.   +3 more
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Botanical Gardens Can Play an Important Role in the Harmonious Coexistence of Humanity and Nature in Cities

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Xiangying Wen, Timothy John Entwisle, Hai Ren   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organizational Sensemaking Theory Perspective of Developing AI‐Driven Strategies for Sustainability Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being touted to assist organizations, AI integration for sustainability efforts has been limited AND sporadic and tends to follow an ad hoc strategy. The existing literature therein focuses on the technological capabilities of AI, overlooking how organizations make sense of and ...
Amanda Balasooriya, Darshana Sedera
wiley   +1 more source

From cities to productivity and growth in developing countries [PDF]

This paper reviews the evidence about the effects of urbanisation and cities on productivity and economic growth in developing countries using a consistent theoretical framework.
Gilles Duranton
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